How To Install filo on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filo on Debian 9.
What is filo
filo is:
The following tools are available as part of the filo package:
groupBy ?? mimics the ??groupBy?? clause in database systems.
shuffle ?? randomize the order of lines in a file.
stats ?? computes descriptive statistic on a given column of a tab-delimited file or stream.
Because their name is too generic, ??shuffle?? and ??stats?? are relocated in /usr/lib/filo.
There are three methods to install filo on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install filo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install filo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filo
Install filo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filo
Install filo Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install filo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filo
How To Uninstall filo on Debian 9
To uninstall only the filo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filo
Uninstall filo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove filo
Remove filo Configurations and Data
To remove filo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filo
Remove filo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filo
Dependencies
filo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
